Chase Fang, in Li Xin's yard.

Zhong Xiaoxiao, who looked aggrieved, couldn't stop wiping her tears while lying in Li Xin's arms, Li Xin reached out and patted her back gently, and said with a smile: "Okay, don't cry, brother is not back." ”

The little girl raised her head a little aggrieved and looked at Li Xin.

"Brother lied, I learned more than a thousand words last month, and you will come back now."

Before Li Xin parted, he agreed with this little girl that she would come back when she learned to write a thousand words, and at that time this girl would have written one or two hundred words.

In fact, this is very difficult, traditional Chinese characters are a bit cumbersome, and she has no foundation before, it all depends on Cui Jiuniang to teach her, and it is very rare to learn nearly a thousand words in two months.

When Li Xin went to pick her up in Deyi Building today, even Cui Jiuniang said that it was a pity that she was a woman.

The implication is that if Zhong Xiaoxiao is a boy, it will probably not be a problem to take a fame test in the future.

Li Xin stretched out his hand and touched the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "There are some things delayed on the road, will you wait for Brother Hui to get you some delicious compensation?" ”

On this trip to southern Xinjiang, from going to coming back, and then to the Golden Palace, Li Xin's nerves were in a tense state for two or three months, and only now when facing this simple and kind little girl, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

In the furnace in the capital, only Zhong Xiaoxiao has no wit, and there is no pressure to get along, which is one of the reasons why Li Xin and Cui Jiuniang like her very much.

Zhong Xiaoxiao shook his head and said, "My brother has been busy outside for so long, so I will rest for a few days when I return to the capital." ”

She wiped away her tears with her sleeve and turned to the kitchen: "I'll go get food for my brother." ”

After Li Xin moved, Zhong Xiaoxiao lived in Deyi Building for most of the time, and the days of really living in this new home were not long, but she could still find the location of the kitchen, and walked towards the kitchen immediately.

She is only six years old, although she has eaten better during this time, and she is no longer as thin as before, but after all, she can't grow up all of a sudden, and her small body walks very cute.

Li Xinsan picked her up in two steps, and said with a smile: "It's not as high as the stove, what to cook, go to the fire, brother will get you some soup to replenish your body." ”

The little girl wrinkled her nose and was a little unconvinced: "Sister Cui said, I have grown a lot taller." ”

When the two brothers and sisters were laughing, a crisp voice came from the door of Li Xin's courtyard.

"Li Xin!"

It was the voice of the Ninth Princess Ji Lingxiu.

Lieutenant Li shook his head, put Zhong Xiaoxiao on the ground, and said softly: "Good, go back to the room first, and I'll get you something to eat later." ”

Zhong Xiaoxiao knew that her brother had something to do, although she sometimes coquettishly played with Li Xin, but she never fooled around at such times, nodded very obediently at the moment, and turned back to her room.

Li Xin lowered his head and tidied up his clothes, walked to the gate of the courtyard and opened the courtyard door, only to see the ninth princess in thin clothes, standing at the gate of the courtyard menacingly, after seeing Li Xin, Her Royal Highness the princess pinched her waist with both hands and looked at Li Xin fiercely.

"Li Xin, as the chief of the palace guard, after returning to the capital, you didn't go back to the princess's mansion to report, what should you be guilty of?"

A smile appeared on Li Xin's face: "How did Your Highness know that I was back?" ”

Her Royal Highness the princess held her head high: "Don't divert the topic, quickly answer the questions of the palace!" ”

After the princess leaves the palace and opens the palace, she can call herself the palace, but this ninth princess generally does not need to be so arrogant to others on weekdays, that is, she is arrogant when facing Li Xin.

After he returned to the capital, his itinerary was quite secret, that is, he showed up in the court this morning, but it was impossible for the ninth princess to come into contact with the court, and after thinking about it, only the seventh prince leaked his whereabouts.

Thinking of this, Li Xin smiled a little helplessly: "I have been in southern Xinjiang for more than two months, Her Royal Highness the princess always allows me to rest for a day or two, doesn't it?" ”

Ji Lingxiu snorted lightly.

"You don't come, when you are in my house, what do you want to do? You're clearly hiding from me and don't want to see me! ”

It's not like Li Xin doesn't want to see her.

It's just that after returning to the capital, there are many things to be busy, including dealing with the Chengde Son of Heaven, as well as distilled liquor and other messy things, plus the trip to southern Xinjiang consumed a lot of his energy, so Li Xin thought about resting for a day or two before going to the princess's mansion on an errand.

After all, it is not easier to deal with a girl who is thinking about puberty than it is to deal with Li Shen.

It is undoubtedly stupid to reason with a woman, Captain Li blinked his eyes and laughed softly: "It's just that I want to be lazy for a day or two, His Royal Highness will come to the door in person, won't it be just to ask the teacher for the guilt?" ”

Ji Lingxiu pursed her lips and stretched out her hand to wave behind her.

A carriage slowly walked out of the corner, and Her Royal Highness the princess snorted softly at Li Xin: "Guess what's inside?" ”

Across the carriage, Li Xin guessed where he was, he shook his head very innocently.

"I can't guess."

"Stupid."

The Ninth Princess glanced at Li Xin: "Now that the weather is getting hot, I asked for a few cars of ice from the Seventh Brother Mansion a few days ago, and I am afraid that I will die of heat, so I will send you a car!" ”

At this time, it is already midsummer in the capital, the end of May and the beginning of June, it is the beginning of the dry heat of the year, this season, the most important thing is to cool down, the nobles in the capital often store ice in the winter, put it in the ice cellar, and then take it out to cool down in the summer.

Just like burning charcoal in winter, these aristocratic lords will not let themselves be hot and cold.

His Royal Highness the King of Wei's Wei Mansion naturally has a lot of ice, which is used to escape the heat in summer, and it is estimated that she will feel distressed when the ninth princess knocks several cars of ice at once.

Li Xin smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, I don't have an ice cellar here, so I can't save this......

From childhood to adulthood, Ji Lingxiu has come into contact with people who are either rich or expensive, and almost every family has an ice cellar, so she subconsciously thought that every household in the capital had an ice cellar to store ice.

The ninth princess immediately blushed, and said with some embarrassment: "Then what should I do......

Anyway, Ji Lingxiu was full of kindness, Li Xin walked to the back of the carriage, lifted the curtain, and the ice in it was about half a cart, all of which were crystal clear spring water and ice, which were placed on plates, Li Xin brought down a plate from it, and then turned around and smiled at the ninth princess.

"Your Highness, I remembered an ice food some time ago, and it just so happened that you came here today, are you interested in tasting it?"

The Ninth Princess's eyes lit up.

Although Li Xin had a smile on his face, he was bitter in his heart.

Whipping cream with egg whites is a lot of work, and it would be very laborious without a blender, and I don't know if it can be done, but he has made this thing in his previous life, and he still has a lot of experience, so there should be no problem if nothing else.

Just when Li Xin was making cream ice cream for the Ninth Princess and Zhong Xiaoxiao in his own home, a young man from Nanshu came all the way to the capital on the victory street in the capital.

The young man pulled a passer-by, and his tone was thick with the voice of Sichuan and Shu.

"Excuse me, why don't you go?"